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The Worm Turns—Aggies Finally Hit Winning Streak Against Texas University What a sweet victory that was Tuesday night at the DeWare Field House! After continually suffering defeats administered by Texas university in various sports it does seem that the worm has finally turned. Since that “Kyle Field disaster” last Thanksgiving, the wearers of the Maroon and White have won three of four games from Texas. They were de feated in Austin by the Steer cage team at the start of the year, but found consolation in the Aggie swimming team which racked the ^Longhorn tankers for their first win in 10 years over T. U. And now, finally, Coach Marty Karow’s boys deemed it a necessity to con tinue the procedure set so admir ably by the swimming team. Referees Boggless and Kiersky Had Big Job on Hand in Thursday’s Rough Game Speaking of the basketball game, it was one of the roughest of the season. Twenty-nine fouls were called, and that certainly didn’t do Referee Dusty Boggess and Bob Kiersky any good. Both had a tremendous job on their hands, but did as well as could be ex pected. Brother, when you get a couple of teams like Texas and A. & M. on the floor together you don’t need a referee—you need a bouncer. Much of the fans’ booing was certainly unnecessary but that can be explained by the fact that the crowd was tense and excited. Many times throughout the game, the multitude of Cadets would boo on a foul called by the referee, but would change their tune when they found out that the foul was called on a Texas man. It just goes to show that many of the- boys don’t know what they’re shouting about. The game itself can be summar ized as an excellent one from the spectators viewpoint, but a poor one when it comes down to con crete basketball. Sure, it was ex citing and thrilling, but that still does not give away the fact that both teams overshot the basket on numerous occasions, neither could hold onto the ball when they got it, and each fouled the other too much. Either probably would have been easy prey for Rice or Arkan sas that night. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Bill Henderson Accepts Invitation in AAU Meet . . . Bill Henderson, Aggie cage star, has accepted an invitation to play in the annual Southwestern Amateur Athletic Union basket ball tournament held at Dallas . . . he will play with the Furniture- men . . . Along with him will be a couple of ex-Aggies, Jude Smith WHY NOT? Let us serve you our delicious food in the “De Luxe Manner” DELUXE CAFE Bryan and Tommy Tinker . . . the tour nament opened last night ... In commenting on the outcome of the Southwest Conference football race, Coach Homer Norton again puts his finger on Texas university . . . “Texas had great material in 1941, and even if they did lose their first two teams, they are back with another batch of young sters who can set this league afire,” Norton added . . . Anyone desiring to assist the baseball team in looking after the balls and bats, see Montgomery, 318 No. 5, or at the baseball field . . . Harold Cow ley, senior end on the grid team, has declared his intentions in com ing out for baseball ... he in tends to try out for the outfield . . . Here’s something on the surpris ing and bright side . . . Bobby Tay lor, Coach Art Adamson’s ace swimmer, has yet to suffer a de feat in any meet . . . That’s what I call really going places . . . How ever, Coach Adamson indicated that Bob will have to be on his toes this Saturday when he swims against Danny Green, one of the aqua stars on the Dallas Athletic team . . . J. W. (Smokey) Carden —a name that bears much watch ing . . . Last year he was an in eligible on the baseball team, but (See KYLE FIELD, Pag* 4) Ags Meet Flyers in Doubleheader Today [nlere’s a winner on every campus! TjTAVORITE of college men is the oxford cloth •*- shirt — and leader of the oxfords is Arrow Gordon Oxford. It comes in the button-down, regular and wide-spread collar models. Mitoga- tailored, Gordon will always keep its fit, for it is labeled Sanforized (fabric shrinkage less than 1%). In whites, solids, and fancy pat terns. Get Arrow Gordon now! And get some Arrow ties to go with it! Wednesday’s Tilt Postponed Because Of Dreary Weather With the game scheduled yes terday between the Texas Aggies, coached by Lil Dimmitt, and the Sheppard Field Flyers, mentored by Marland Jeffrey, A. & M. ’41, called off of rain, a doubled head er is on the calendar for this aft ernoon at 3:30 p.m. Central War Time. The Cadet team officially began working out last Sunday and have not yet been able to bring out a well-balanced team this early in the year. The double-bill this aft ernoon will be an opportunity to see the prospects of the team in action. John Scoggin, Aggie captain and catcher, was of late an out fielder but with the increasing need of a catcher he was moved to the backstop position. Two lettermen pitchers in the persons of Charlie Stevenson and Bill Henderson are bolstered by the presence of Smokey Carden, Wendell Acrey and Lefty Shuford. The probable starting positions for the Cadets are: Stevenson, pitcher; Scoggin, catcher; Porter, first base; Smith, second base; Glass, third base; Ballow, short stop; Rogers, left field; Black, center field; and Daniels, right field. Freshmen End Season With Win Over Shorthorns Playing a night cap to the Var sity game Tuesday night, the Tex as Aggie Freshman basketball team downed the Texas university Yearlings 38-34 and completed their season. The high point man of the cage thriller was Aggie Harry Hope who scored 17 points. James Woods, Aggie' Fish, proved to be a good floor man all during the game, but was ably assisted by Gordon Moore. The half time score of the game was: A. & M. 24; Texas Yearlings, 13. All in all the Aggie Fish had a fair season. They won three games and lost five. In numerical order, the Aggie Fish lost games to the Texas Yearlings, Rice Slimes, Lee Junior College, and Tyler Junior College. The Rice Slime game was lost by two points and the closest game, the Tyler Junior College meeting, was lost by two points made in the last 15 /econds of the game. / The Fish won their games with Texas Yearlings, Schreiner Insti tute and Allen Academy. The team was coached by Mann ing Smith and according to him, the boys really “put out,” but were begun: one in Contracts and Smith also indicated that Homer Adams was one of the outstand ing eager s. Battalion Sports MARCH 5, 1942 Page 3 Aggies Close Basketball Season With Spectacular 4642 Win Over TU Tuesday Henderson Is High Point Man for Night Scoring 22 Markers The Texas Aggies successfully closed their basketball season here Tuesday night by defeating the University of Texas 46 to 42 in as rough and tumble a game as has been seen in DeWare field house. The game was packed with rough play, twenty-nine personal fouls being called, and two Long horns, Frank Brahaney and John A. & M. (46) Fg. Ft. Tp. Jarrett, f 4 0 8 Nabors, f 2 3 7 Henderson, c 8 6 22 Cokinos, g 2 1 5 Bayer, g Underwood, g 0 0 2 0 2 0 Peden, g 1 0 2 TOTALS 17 12 46 TEXAS (42) Fg. Ft. Tp. Fitzgerald, g 4 1 9 Watkins, g 0 0 0 Brahany, g 2 0 4 P’ham, g 0 0 0 Sander, c 4 2 10 Kutner, c 1 3 5 Hargis, f 5 4 14 Dillon, f 0 0 0 TOTALS 16 10 42 Hargis going to the showers for excess fouls. The Aggies started the fire works after three minutes of play when Bill Henderson broke away and sank one. From then on it'was all Cadet, the score being tied only once in the half. The half-time score gave the Aggies a 17' to 13 edge. Texas got hot at the start of the second half and at one time com- Aggie Rifle Team Defeats N. T. A. C. At Arlington Sat The Texas Aggie rifle team met and defeated the N.T.A.C. sharp shooters in a match at Arlington last Saturday. N.T.A.C. was de feated by a score of 1833 to 1825. The match was a close affair with the Aggies holding an eight point lead at the conclusion. Bill Filgo, captain of the A. & M. team, was high point shooter of the match, closely followed by Norris Norman, captain of the N. T.A.C. team. Filgo was high point for the team last week with a score of 384. During the week of February 14 the Aggies shot their way to eight straight victories and the follow ing week repeated for eight more. This brings their wins to 17 straight. 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Mike Co- Game Marred With Rough Play as 29 Fouls Are Called kinos came through again and saved the margin. The Aggies showed a hustling brand of ball that almost com pletely envolved Texas throughout the game. Every man on the team played heads-up ball, consistently stealing the ball and breaking up scoring plays. Cockinos particu larly proved to be a thorn in Texas’ side in that respect. Henderson, with 22 points, was high man for the Aggies, followed by Jarrett and Nabors, with 8 and 7 markers respectively. Hargis grabbed scoring honors for thre Longhorns with 14 points followed by Sander with 10 points and Fitz gerald with 9. INTRAMURALS By DUB OXFORD Here’s more dope about intra mural boxing. Boxing will start immediately aft er the completion of wrestling. It is estimated that wrestling will last about three weeks. The pro cedure for enter- OwUrd ing boxing will be similar to that of wrestling. Any man may weigh- in between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. from Thursday, March 5, until Thursday night, March 19. Men may report any time during this period, but in order for a man to enter in a particular weight, he must make that weight before he will be entered. Be sure and have your men check their weights in the near future to ascertain the class they may enter. Don’t forget to get the hospital approval of an entrant. The approval must also be in by March 19. The Intra- FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: E Field Artillery, Horseshoes H Field Artillery, Swimming D Replacement Center, Swimming Infantry Band, Horseshoes D Replacement Center, Horseshoes B Signal Corps, Horseshoes E Engineers, Swimming Class B: * 2 CHQ, Horseshoes F Field Artillery, Horseshoes I Infantry, Handball mural Department discourages a boy’s losing weight to get into a lighter weight so counsel your men concerning this. Patter Because of decreased facilities for ping pong, a unit will be rep resented by a three man team in this event . . . otherwise, the con tests will be staged according to the rule book . . .If you have not already received your other two balls and bats, they may be re ceived at the Intramural office . . . Wrestling began last night and some spectacular “hand holding” was shown . . . honest, these in tramural wrestlers are good! A Horseshoes B CWS, 2; A Cavalry, 0 Gwin and Ramsden Represent A. & M. George H. Gwin, Baytown, and Harold D. Ramsden, Galveston, will represent A. & M. at the Stu dent Conference of the Southwest Student Branches of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, in tryouts which were held last Saturday afternoon. This Conference will be held in Houston, concurrently with the National Spring Meeting of the 'senior Society, which will be at tended by prominent engineers from various parts of the country. Gwin’s subject is “The Engineer and the Coming Peace”; Ramsden’s subject is “The Sea Otter.” Fifty dollars is the first prize. K Infantry, 2; B Engineers, 1 I Infantry, 2; F Replacement Cen ter, 1 B Handball M Infantry, 3; E Coast, 0 F Coast, 2; H Field, 1 D Infantry, 2; C CWS, 1 A CWS, 2; 2nd Hd. Field, 1 G Coast, 2; A Field, 1 Track Team Leaves Today For Laredo Meet The Texas Aggie track team, coached by “Dough” Rollins leaves at 8:00 a. m. today for Laredo to participate in the Border Olym pics Friday. The team is captained by Roy Bucek, ace hurdler, who was Southwest Conference champion in the 120-yard high hurdles and the 220-yard low hurdles events last year. Incidentally, Bucek also took firsts in both of these matches in the Border Olympics of 1941. Albert Ricks is also an import ant cog in the Cadet track ma chine. Ricks is an expert jumper and will be entered in both the high jump and the pole vault. Pete Watkins will be in the high jump with Ricks and the former will also be flipping the javelin for the Aggies. The men who are making the trip with Coach Rollins are: Carle- ton Brush, Roy and Felix Bucek, Pete Henry, Jimmy Knight, E. V. Lodus, J. M. McLaughlin, A. C. Ricks, J. Spaulding, R. K. Utley, J. M. Vajdos, Pete Watkins and Johnny Zigler. Henderson, Jarrett And Nabors Complete Basketball Eligibility The Aggie basketball team will suffer only three losses from grad uation this year. Captain Bill Hen derson, Raymond Jarrett, and Fred Nabors, all completed their eligibility with the Texas game Tuesday night. Henderson, however, still has an other year of eligibility left for baseball and football. (ft/SSUfED/CO FILTERED SMOKING GENUINE FILTERS FOR MEDICO PACKED ONLY IN THIS RED & BLACK BOX 66 Baffle Filter retains flakes-slugs and whirl-cools smoke in Medico pipes, cigarette and cigar holders. //o?. LOOK! 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